01 A Korean-American family chases the American dream by starting a farm in rural Arkansas.
6 Best Farming and Agriculture Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 27, 2026
Drama thought provokingfeel good
The hard, precarious labor of farming has produced some of American cinema’s most grounded, emotionally resonant dramas about land and survival. In The Biggest Little Farm (2018): A couple abandons city life to build a sustainable, biodiverse farm from barren land. Worth seeking out is Places in the Heart (1984): A recently widowed mother fights to save her family farm during the Great Depression.
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02 A couple abandons city life to build a sustainable, biodiverse farm from barren land.
03 A pig raised by sheepdogs sets out to prove he can herd sheep just as well as any dog.
04 A struggling farming family fights floods, debt, and a wealthy rival to keep their land.
05 A farming family battles foreclosure and a hostile banking system during the 1980s farm crisis.
06 A recently widowed mother fights to save her family farm during the Great Depression.
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